Its main themes are...
the ordinary life of humble people
past ages and exotic places
childhood
The Individual
Nature
Romanticism (2nd half of 18th century)
Romanticism in art
Constable: nostalgia for pre-industrial revolution landscapes
Turner and the sublime
The role of immagination
A new role for the poet: the poet become a prophet (INWARD EYE)
second generation: Byron, Shelley, Keats
A more complicate language; tendency to escapism; a strong revolutionary attitude
BYRON
THEMES
Horror, love, separation, revenge (Oriental Tales)
Exoticism (Oriental Tales)
The Byronic hero
nature (a reflection of his soul)
TWO SIDES OF PERSONALITY
NON-ROMANTIC
SATIRICAL ATTITUDE (Don Juan, The Vision of Judgement)
THE ROMANTIC
CHILDE'S HAROLD
LIFE
first generation: Wordswroth, Coleridge
Simple language; strong disillusionment with the French Revolution
The Lyrical Ballads: the Manifesto of Romanticism
A new language
It starts as a reaction to...
the Industrial Revolution
Classicism
